In the Mouth: Stories and Novellas
..".an American talent..." — Stephen King
Pollack writes about times of tragedy and transition insightfully, aware of their everyday quality and of their gravity. In the Mouth is a window onto the amazing tenderness and irrationality of human life.
One story, "The Bris," has been selected for The Best American Short-Stories 2008 (Edited by Stephen King and Heidi Pitlor).
"Eileen Pollock writes with great acuity, humor, and intelligent resign-ation about the various ways family love is called upon and revealed. This book is terrific company." — Lorrie Moore
"These are funny, rueful, wise stories, steeped in absurdity, pain, possibility — the work of a writer who has lived." — Gish Jen
- Author
- Eileen Pollack
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 275
- Publisher
- Four Way Books
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9781884800825
- Genres
- fiction
- Release date
- 2008
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